Cisco CW91641-A Hardware Installation Manual page 10

Cisco Catalyst 9164 Series Wi-Fi 6E Access Point Features
• A 2.4-GHz IoT (BLE) radio
• Integrated internal antennas that are omnidirectional in azimuth for the 2.4-GHz, 5-GHz, and 6-GHz
bands.
• Scanning radio utilizes two 2.4-GHz, 5-GHz, and 6-GHz antennas.
• Multiuser Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) technology for uplink and downlink.
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access-based (OFDMA-based) scheduling for both uplink and
downlink.
• The following hardware external interfaces:
• 1x100/1000/2500 Multigigabit Ethernet (RJ-45)
• RS-232 Console Interface through RJ-45
• Recovery push button (enables partial or full system configuration recovery)
• USB 2.0 port, type-A connector
• DC 54V power jack
• One multicolor LED
• Integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio to enable IoT use cases such as location tracking and
wayfinding.
• Intelligent Capture probes the network and provides Cisco DNA Center with deep analysis.
• Spatial Reuse (also known as Basic Service Set [BSS] coloring) that allows APs and their clients to
differentiate between multiple BSS, thus permitting more simultaneous transmissions.
• Power savings mode called Target Wake Time (TWT), which allows a client to stay asleep and wake up
only at prescheduled (target) times to exchange data with the AP. This provides significant energy savings
for battery-operated devices.
• Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center) support to enable Cisco DNA Spaces, Apple
FastLane, and Cisco Identity Services Engine.
• Optimized AP Roaming to ensure that client devices associate with the AP in the coverage range that
offers the fastest data rate available.
• Cisco CleanAir Pro technology supports 2.4-GHz, 5-GHz, and 6-GHz bands. CleanAir Pro delivers
proactive, high-speed spectrum intelligence across 20, 40, and 80, and 160-MHz-wide channels to combat
performance problems arising from wireless interference.
• Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) deployment is supported.
The AP supports lightweight deployments (using Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers). The AP
also supports the following operating modes:
• Local mode: This is the default mode for the AP. In this mode, the AP serves clients. The AP creates
two CAPWAP tunnels to the controller, one for management and the other for data traffic. This is known
as central switching because the data traffic is switched (bridged) from the AP to the controller where it
is then routed.
Cisco Catalyst 9164 Series Wi-Fi 6E Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
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About the Access Point